Sat down to write a love song
Starting writing the words
I wanted to say in my little song
But if I cannot love you
The real you, who you are
Not who I want you to be
Not the you I need you to be for me
The one you, not the you I see
I cannot write you a love song

My tender heart is tender
The way I believe tender to be
My soul loves the way I want love to be
But if I cannot see you
The real you, who you are
The one you want you to be
The one you need you to be for me
The one and only you, who you see
I cannot write you a love song

I can only write the way I love
The way I see and want and need
The you who walks in and out of me
The you I would be if you were me
So I guess I’ll never write a love song for you
I guess I’ll never write the song of you and me

© 2017 Tim D. Coulter Sr.